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In the fourteenth century there was a great flourishing of religious writings in English, both orthodox and heretical. Many of these works focused on Christ's Passion and humanity, whereas The Cloud of Unknowing describes an abstract, transcendent God beyond human knowledge and human language. Drawing upon radically different traditions, it is a rich work full of intriguing contradictions that speaks to us with liveliness and wit even today. The unknown author, thought to be a priest and Carthusian monk, is also believed to have written the other three works in this volume: The Mystical Theology of Saint Denis, The Book of Privy Counselling, and An Epistle on Prayer, which, together with The Cloud of Unknowing, are the four texts at the core of medieval mystical theology. This Penguin Classics edition includes full explanatory notes, suggestions for further reading, an appendix that reproduces the Middle English text of a section of The Mystical Theology of Saint Denis, and an introduction that places the texts within the context of medieval religious writing. christian books and bibles,christianity,church history,classics,devotionals,essays,essays and correspondence,history,humanities,literary Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts, Penguin Classics

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In the fourteenth century there was a great flourishing of religious writings in English, both orthodox and heretical. Many of these works focused on Christ's Passion and humanity, whereas "The Cloud of Unknowing" describes an abstract, transcendent God beyond human knowledge and human language. Drawing upon radically different traditions, it is a rich work full of intriguing contradictions that speaks to us with liveliness and wit even today. The unknown author, thought to be a priest and Carthusian monk, is also believed to have written the other three works in this volume: "The Mystical Theology of Saint Denis," "The Book of Privy Counselling," and "An Epistle on Prayer," which, together with "The Cloud of Unknowing," are the four texts at the core of medieval mystical theology. This Penguin Classics edition includes full explanatory notes, suggestions for further reading, an appendix that reproduces the Middle English text of a section of The Mystical Theology of Saint Denis, and an introduction that places the texts within the context of medieval religious writing. The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works Anonymous / Spearing, A. C., Penguin Books

Although the exact identity of this text´s author remains obscure, he was probably an English country parson of the late 14th century. The main theme of this book is that God cannot be reached by human intellect but only by a love that can pierce the ´´cloud of unknowing´´. Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works Buch (fremdspr.) Bücher>Fremdsprachige Bücher>Englische Bücher, Penguin Group

In the fourteenth century there was a great flourishing of religious writing in English, both orthodox and heretical. Many of these works focused on Christ's Humanity and Passion, whereas The Cloud of Unknowing draws on radically different... Book, [PU: Penguin Books]

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The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works

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9780140447620

A new translation of four unique and enigmatic masterpieces of medieval mysticism. The author of this work is unknown, but is thought to be a priest and Carthusian monk. This edition includes notes, suggestions for further reading and an appendix.